MBB: Conference of New England

[Maq Diesel]

Well I said I was going to, so here is what I know about Gordon this season.
Losses:
Aaron Vogelzang-graduation, John Beebe-graduation, Peter Hassler-graduation and Mark Beebe-DNR (he is back at school just chose not to play).

Additions:
Ben Gaskill 6'9" F/C, I watched the guys play pick up a couple of times and this kid is good.  He is a legit 6'9" athlete.  He moves better than any big man in the league and will be one of the best to play in the ccc at the end of his tenure.  I heard that he was being recruited buy some big time  D3 ohio schools, I am not sure which but one lost in the national championship game last year so I am thinking this kid is going to be solid.

Jeff Derr 6'8" F/C This kid is a good player who when he fills out it going to be a very good back to the basket type of player.  He and Gaskill are going to be one heck of a front court tandem in the future.  He was also being recruited hard by big name midwestern school but Schauer and Martin brought him in big pick up for the future of Gordon Basketball.

Arron Trigg 6'1" G  Aaron, so I have heard was the male athlete of the year in the state of Kansas.  He was a three sport athlete, football, basketball and track and looks like he is going to be a very solid addition to Gordon's backcourt might be a shorter version of an Aaron Vogelzang, but I think he is more of a 1-2 than a 3.

Brady Bajema 6'2" G  The son of a coach and a winner, I think two time state champ.  Brady brings a winning attitude to the program.  From what I saw he doesn't wow you with skill but does all the little things right, every great team has one of these guys and I think Brady will make a much bigger impact on the team than his stats may ever indicate.

I honestly don't know much about the other two freshman Ben Drake and Timothy MacDonnell so I am not going to comment other than both are gaurds.

What follows is 10% talking with people, 10% hearing things and 80% educated guess.

Starting Five

Mike Schnackenberg
John Marstaller
Mike Herr
Jerry Logan
Justin Kaufman

Bench Players who will play

Tim Deluca
Nick Marino
Aaron Trigg
Ben Gaskill
Brady Bajema

Look for break out years from Deluca and Schnackenberg, Marino should also be a pleasent suprise, and Trigg will lead the way in playing time for freshman.

[Maq Diesel]

Thats a tough hit for WIT if Weonard Bynes is gone.  He really started to put it together last year at the end of the season, and he torched Gordon when they played at WIT.  I am not sorry to see he go because Gordon doesn't have to face him but it sucks when good young talent leaves a league that needs it bad.

[backboard]

Good point Maq, Bynes posted 25pts and 12 boards against Gordon.  A big reason they only lost by ten.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Gordon looks to have begun their legitimate national recruiting.  They are working to be a player.  Especially if it's true that they stole Gaskill from Wittenburg, a team known for producing top quality big men.

Trigg's state waward was for well rounded athlete (community service and grades too), not that he's a slouch.  He placed 2nd in the state in the 800 meters and was Quarterback for the football team for three years.

I expect Gordon will work them in slowly this season and be prepared for major contributions in 07-08.


Rumor I heard was Bynes had some financial aid fall through at WIT and their working to get him enrolled for 2nd semester.  Again, just a rumor.

[Maq Diesel]

Hoops Fan,

You should start a subscription site like espn insider.  You have more rumors than Peter Gamons during the winter meetings.  But in all seriousness when are you going to make your preseason predictions?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I don't usually make pre-season predictions.  I'll give a rundown of the teams when we know for sure who's playing for each team and basically give my take on them all.  I don't do a formal 1-6 thing, but you'll know how I feel about all of them.

It's just so hard to know anything in the CCC until conference games start at the earliest, but realistically, until second semester rosters are finalized in January, it's all up in the air.

That's one of the reasons I love this conference.

Gordon will be my prohibitive favorite, much like everyone else.  I'm worried about the lack of talk from New London.  They haven't been this quiet since the summer before they introduced us all to Andy St. Clair, Colin Bray, and the crew.  Foti might have something up his sleeve.

Long answer, short: the week before thankgiving.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

And those rumors are really suprising to me.  I've lost most of my contacts with insider knowledge around the league as people move on and stuff and this summer a bunch of people came to me and let me with scoops and info.  I'm not exactly sure how accurate everybody is yet, so it's all rumor until I can sort out who I can trust.

[jj]

Even if Foti has has nice freshman/transfer class up his sleeve, what are the chances he can come even close to replacing what was lost? He not only lost his best players, he lost his best leaders. 

[jj]

By the way- looks like the Nichols roster is up.  Few new faces, a couple missing faces.

[akirk]

Well everyone, we have just three weeks until the games start.  I can't wait!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Nichols has a lot of freshmen and not much height.  It will be the Justin Lewis/Ross Powers show, no doubt.  I'm sure Baskerville and Vallee will also continue to contribute.


Wentworth has theirs up as well.  No Bynes.  Maybe he is working on financial aid to get back after Christmas.  Doyle and PB&J are there, along with some new names.  They have some freshmen and sophomores with height joining the program.  We'll see how it works out.

[Hoopnews]

Wentworth's strength was the backcourt so losing Hall (to graduation) and Bynes will be tough.  It looks like Nichols lost both of their point guards along with Casey Butler.  Does anyone know if one of their freshman can play point?

[backboard]

Hall also led their team in turnovers, so with him gone, Wentworth's offense (ranked 4th last year) could be more productive.

[heythere]

Wenworth was a much better team without hall then with him last year.  wentworth could suprise people this year. last year that started strong and won 8 out of there first 12.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

All Wentworth lost was the rebounding.  If they can make that up, they're better off.


Anyone hear anything about the pre-season poll yet?  It's not posted on the website.  Do we know if the coaches have a ballot yet or a deadline?